Despite a rocky day leading up to the event, a fundraiser against cancer held by the Marion-based Adagio Arts & Wellness Center went off without a hitch on Saturday.

“It was an absolutely magical performance,” organizer and studio owner Danielle Lopes said. “The day before was a nightmare, and I thought, ‘Oh, my goodness, how am I going to plan this?’ But it all fit together perfectly. I couldn’t have asked for anything more.”

The event was a Christmas party at the First Congregational Church’s Fellowship Hall that raised money for the Dana Farber Institute. It was held in honor of a studio member’s mother, Marianne Azzara, who was diagnosed with stage four colon cancer.

“With all they are going through, you never see the family without a smile on their faces,” Lopes said. “It is a really wonderful family.”

Lopes said there were about 150 people in attendance, and that she had never cooked so much spaghetti in her life – just enough, as it so happened, for every last person there.

“Down to the last spaghetti strand, we had enough food for everyone,” Lopes said, “and the show was flawless.”

Lopes did not know how much the event raised in total, but said that there was also a 50-50 raffle that raised $250.